Auto wheel puller



1,623,440 Aprll 5, 1927. IV. RAY I AUTO WHEEL PULLEYR Filed June 29. 1926 Patented Apr. 5, 1927.

1,623,440- PATENT oFica.

JOSEPH v. RAY, or GREENSBORO, mam CAROLINA.

' AUTO WHEEL FULLER. P

' Application filed June 29, 1926. Serial no. 119,387;

The present invention relates to wheel pullers or the like, and aims to provide a novel form of wheel puller which is of the adjustable type, novel means being provided for adapting the device for use in connectlon with wheels having hubs of Various diameters.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be securely clamped to the hub of'a wheel in such a way as to relieve the threads of the hub, to which the. pulley is attached, of undue strain, eliminating an possibility of stripping the threads.

Another object of the invention is to provide a puller which will exert a direct pull on the wheel under treatment, insuring against the puller twisting to retard the action of thepuller.

With the foregoing and other-objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in'the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 .is a longitudinal sectional view through a wheel puller constructed in accordance with the invention and showing the same as applied to 'a wheel,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig 1. v

Referring to the drawing in detail, the device. includes a body portion 5 which is hollow, as clearly shown y Fig. 1, the same I being of the general outline of a hub cap.

A flange 6 is formed at one end of thebody portion and defines a guideway with the shoulder 7, which is formed in spaced relation therewith.

As illustrated by Fig. 2, the base of the body portion is rectangular in formation, one of the sides thereof being cut away'to permit of access to the guide way.

The reference character 8 indicates a re movable threaded member which is rectangular in formation to fit within the guideway, and as shown, the removable member is mit access to the split as at 9, to permit the sides of the removable member'to be moved towards each other under the action of the set screw 10 which passes through an opening in the base and has its tapered inner end 11 positioned in a recess. formed in the movable member 8. The opposite end of the body portion is formed with a shoulder 12 adapted to be engaged by the threaded sleeve 13 which is provided with an annular rib 14,.the rib being formed with a cut out portion to accommodate the pin 15 so that rotary movementof the sleeve 13 will be prevented when the device is in use;

Operating through the threaded sleeve 13 is a pressure bolt 16 which has a reduced inner end portion 17 designed to. engage against the outer end of the axle 18 on" which the wheel, which in the resent showing is indicated at 19, is positioned. In the use of he device, the threaded member which is used in connection with the body portion is positioned within the guideway of the bod portion and the de-' vice is screwed onto t e threadedportion of a wheel hub, whenthe'usualhub ca has been removed therefrom, whereupon t 6588:- screw is moved to cause the threaded member to closely engage the threads of the hub and bite into the spaces between the hubs, thereby relieving the threads ofundue strain.

The pressure bolt is now operated by means of a wrench,-until the inner end thereof is forced against the axle 18 with the result that a pulling action takes place. It will be obvious that by removin the threaded member 7 and replacing it with a threaded member having a larger or smaller opening, to suit various requirements, the pullermay be. used in connection with wheels having hubs of various diameters. I claim: y

1. In a wheel puller, a rectangular body portion having a flange formed at one end thereof, said flange defining a guideway, one edge of the body portion being open to perody portion, a removable rectangular threaded member split to .permit of expansion and contraction thereof, adapted to be slid under the flange, means extending through the body portion and member to cause the rectangular threaded member to clamp the hub of a wheel to be contacting with the rectangular threaded pulled, and means cooperating with the body portion and axle on which the wheel is positioned to pull the wheel from its shaft.

2. In a wheel puller, a body portion, a threaded member removably secured to the body portion and adapted to be positioned on the threaded extremity of a wheel hub, means for clamping the threaded member to the wheel hub, said body portion being holflow. a threaded sleeve in the body portion having a rib, said rib having an opening, a

pin extending through the body portion and into the opening, saidpin adapted to hold the sleeve against rotation, and a threaded member" operating through the sleeve and adapted to engage the axle on which the Wheel is positioned to pull the wheel from the axle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signa- 2 ture. p

- JOSEBH V. RAY. 

